Protesters in India call out HP for enabling Israeli surveillance
Demonstrators in New Delhi say HP technology sustains Israeli surveillance and prison system targeting Palestinians
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a Hewlett-Packard (HP) retail outlet in central New Delhi over the weekend, accusing the U.S. technology company of enabling Israel’s surveillance and detention of Palestinians amid the ongoing war in Gaza.
The protest took place at Connaught Place, one of India’s most prominent commercial districts, and was organized by Indian People’s Solidarity for Palestine, a civil society platform advocating Palestinian rights. Protesters held banners, placards and artwork calling on HP to end what they described as corporate complicity in Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
The demonstration reflects growing global scrutiny of multinational companies whose technologies are alleged to be used by Israeli authorities in systems of population control, surveillance, and incarceration.
HP has been cited in recent assessments by a United Nations Special Rapporteur for providing technology and services linked to Israeli government databases and security infrastructure.
According to rights advocates and analysts, HP has supplied and maintained information technology systems used by Israeli authorities, including biometric identification tools that form part of broader population registries.
Such systems, they argue, are used to monitor Palestinians’ movement and identity across occupied areas, reinforcing restrictions on daily life.
Activists also point to HP’s reported involvement in maintaining central data servers for Israel’s prison service. Israeli prisons currently hold more than 9,000 Palestinians, including many under administrative detention — a practice that allows incarceration without formal charge or trial and has drawn repeated concern from international human rights bodies.
Protest organizers said HP’s technical support for Israel’s population and border authorities, as well as its links to police databases, places the company within a wider network of private-sector actors that sustain the occupation.
Speakers at the protest stressed that opposition to corporate involvement in the conflict is rooted in international law and human rights, not religion.
Demonstrators also drew attention to the humanitarian situation in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, calling for greater public awareness and accountability from global corporations whose products or services may be used in military or security operations.
The protest forms part of the broader Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, a global campaign that urges economic and political pressure on Israel until Palestinian rights under international law are recognized.
Similar protests and consumer actions targeting multinational brands have taken place across Europe, North America, Africa and parts of Asia, highlighting the expanding reach of corporate accountability campaigns linked to Israel’s occupation and repression of Palestinians.
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